EPISODE ONE — Nicole Stojanovska on Creating Gia: A Wog Chick Comedy
This week on Balkan Sis, I'm sitting down with Nicole Stojanovska, the Horsley-raised, Macedonian and Italian filmmaker behind Gia: A Wog Chick Comedy, a nine-episode comedy web series putting wog women at the centre of the story for the first time in decades. Made under her production company Parthenope Pictures, Gia follows Gia Granato, a sardonic, Sartre-quoting bookworm forced back in with her old-school Italian parents after her marriage falls apart.
We go back to little Nicole first, then into the story behind Gia, the characters, why wog comedy has been such a boys' club for so long, her Portuguese boyfriend, her Michael Jackson addiction, and what it actually takes to follow a creative passion this far.
Gia: A Wog Chick Comedy — official links
- Website: https://www.giaseries.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/giatheseries
- Facebook: facebook.com/giatheseries
- Donate / support the project: https://buy.stripe.com/aFabJ3cyvdbM8D1fuW7kc02
- General contact: [email protected]
Nicole's other work
- The Things We Bury (writer/producer, with director Nuno Dias) — Winner, Best Film, Creative Wollongong Short Film Festival 2026. Watch: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thethingswebury/1130390452
- YOUTH — short film, 2024 Creative Wollongong Short Film Competition
- Production company: Parthenope Pictures
A huge thank you to Meraki Entertainment for supporting both episodes of this two-part special. Meraki: https://merakientertainment.com.au
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